Vol 49 No 16 | CAMEROONNIGERIA Bogged down 1st August 2008 Cameroonian security forces in the disputed oil-rich Bakassi peninsula are on maximum alert after fatal attacks by the Niger Delta Defence and Security Council. The NDDSC, a little-known,...
Vol 55 No 11 | NIGERIA Trust still dormant 30th May 2014 Five years after it was launched, the fund intended to help the Ogoni people has yet to disburse any money In March last year Africa Confidential reported that disagreements among the trustees over the Kiisi ('progress' in Ogoni) Trust had prevented any disbursements.
Vol 56 No 11 | NIGERIA Delta, dollars and Downing Street 29th May 2015 Concerns about stability and commercial interests informed the sudden meeting between President Buhari and Britain’s Prime Minister Security, crime and migration topped the agenda when Nigerian President-elect Muhammadu Buhari met United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street on 23 May. Aside from...
Vol 44 No 5 | NIGERIAFRANCEAFRICA Jacques is back 7th March 2003 France's triumphal return to Africa is marred only slightly by the tricky problems it faces there It was an impressive turnout. Forty-two heads of state or government braved the icy cold of Paris and its unlovely Porte Maillot conference centre for the biennial...
Vol 62 No 13 | NIGERIA Debt crisis, what debt crisis? 24th June 2021 The government insists it can handle fast-mounting debts but increased security spending is stretching the budget While the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) say Nigeria's growing debt is sustainable, worries are growing over the cost of debt servicing relative to revenues.